Babymoon

Los Cabo San Lucas, México

The Office Restaurant
Médano Beach

Overall, the three of us had a wonderful time on our trip to Baja California Sur, Mexico.  As some of you know Dan and I had bid on a live auction trip to Cabo sometime early last year..  We tried to get a few of our friends and family to join us, but in the end that fell through and we figured why not take this time for ourselves before our little Irish Burrito arrives.

What a wonderful idea a babymoon !  As we arrived to Cabo, Dan and I looked like two lost puppies exiting the airport trying to find our transportation to the resort.  This wonderful gentleman pointed us in the "right direction".  The direction of a sales representative.  We had already planned on purchasing some excursions so we took the time to listen and see what her prices were.  After we have selected a few to purchase, she mentioned that in order to receive these prices in addition to some free breakfast, all we would have to do is attend a brief 75 minute presentation.... TIMESHARES!!! GRRR!!!

The price was right $53 for a sunset cruise dinner, whale watching, glass bottom boat tour and $50 worth of gift certificates to a near by restaurant.  We said, ok we'll do it.

Taken from balcony of our suite with iPhone

Next morning, we got our breakfast did the tour and let's just say this pregnant woman started to get pretty impatient with the constant "selling of everything" even after we had already said that we were not interested.  Finally, we got our promised "gifts".  We headed to our resort, changed and headed to the beach for some relaxation time.

That evening we went on the sunset dinner cruise.  It was a very nice time and the sunset was beautiful, like a photo-shopped sunset.  This cruise had some entertainment, music and paparazzi taking some pictures.  One of the pictures that they took as the one I posted under (28 weeks).  I thought it was a very cute picture of the three of us!  Dan was asked to take some tequila shots (which he loves -- NOT! and a bird pooped on the back of his shirt -- priceless! What an evening.  We sealed the night with a walk by the beach and some dessert (Flan & Chocolate Cake) at a near beach restaurant.

My belly started to become the center of random conversations.  Mostly people congratulating us and seem genuinely happy for the two of us.  Then they would follow up with the story of their lives and children.  So there we were having some nice conversations and then all of a sudden a "sales pitch comes out of their mouths".  By this time, Dan and I had discussed that NEVER again would we do another of those timeshare talks.  But here we were the guy was offering us some free breakfast again, 4 nights at this other resort, and some cash.  CASH! we thought...hmmm the guy threw in $150 dollars, I said, $300, then he said $200 cash, so that he can keep the $50 as his commission.  I looked at Dan and Dan agreed.

So here we go again... the sales rep, mentioned "now make sure you don't say you like it, or ask following questions and appear to be interested" this way you get your cash/gifts and I get some of my commission and you should be out in a reasonable time.  So Dan and I agreed, not to make any comments to see if we could just get our money, tour the place and head out to the beach.

The day comes, we eat breakfast, tour the resort and get sat and the sales pitch begins.  The rep got up and said I'll give you a few minutes to discuss and if you are not interested, we will get you your gifts and part ways.  In my husbands defense, this guy was good, in fact using some of the pointers that Dan as a salesperson himself has used in the past. The way Dan began to look at it was in the form of an investment.  Needless to say, the guy gets up, and I look over at Dan thinking "oh good, that wasn't too bad" when Dan begins to ask me questions regarding the offer.  I looked at him and said "Hold on, are you telling me that you are actually contemplating this and are interested".  He said, "I am looking at this as an investment, some of it makes sense" blah, blah, blah....  To make the story short, we kept asking questions and got him to lower it a ton and offer us "his best price/package" knowing that we were not going to purchase anything.  We finally were able to walk away and get our cash and gifts with no purchases - Thank goodness!

The rest of the days, we laid by the beach and enjoyed some refreshments and soaked up some rays.  The nights were a bit chilly (mid 50-60's) but still pretty comfortable.  We woke up to see the sunrise a few days and the rest of the trip was very relaxing.

Dan was able to go on the whale watching tour.  He got some amazing pictures! Unfortunately, I was not able to go due to how far along I was.  I must admit I was a bit sad, as that was one of the major highlights that I had envision doing during this trip, but I convinced Dan to go so that he can take some pictures/video and I can see them.

On our last day, we woke up early and headed to the beach to watch the sunrise and to take some pictures before heading back to the cold weather.

Highlights of our trip: 

• Relaxing by the beach with some alcoholic (Dan) and non-alcoholic beverages (Me)
• Sunset Cruise Dinner
• Whale watching
• Getting $200 cash + all other excursions at a very low price
• Enjoying some authentic mexican shows/dances at different restaurants
• Watching the first quarter (only) of the Packer game in downtown Cabo
• People watching

The list can go-on-and-on.... Overall, it was a wonderful trip that they two of us (3) got to enjoy together before our little bundle of joy meets us face-to-face.